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Accompanied by a Compendium Embracing a New Systematick Order of Parsing ... Samuel Kirkham. A AN FO ONE A ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN FAMILIAR LECTURES ; ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPENDIUM.
Accompanied by a Compendium Embracing a New Systematick Order of Parsing ... Samuel Kirkham. A AN FO ONE A ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN FAMILIAR LECTURES ; ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPENDIUM.
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... parsing , manner of explaining some of the pronouns , and the use of a synop sis which presents the essentials of the science at one view , and is well calculated to afford assistance to learners . In his arrangement of the parts of ...
... parsing , manner of explaining some of the pronouns , and the use of a synop sis which presents the essentials of the science at one view , and is well calculated to afford assistance to learners . In his arrangement of the parts of ...
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... parsing are most excellent ; and ex- perience has convinced me , ( having used it , and it only , for the last twelve or thir- teen months , ) that a scholar will learn more of the nature and principles of our language in one quarter ...
... parsing are most excellent ; and ex- perience has convinced me , ( having used it , and it only , for the last twelve or thir- teen months , ) that a scholar will learn more of the nature and principles of our language in one quarter ...
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Accompanied by a Compendium Embracing a New Systematick Order of Parsing ... Samuel Kirkham. Extract : from De Witt Clinton , late Gov. of New - York . I consider the ' Compendium of English Grammar , by Samuel Kirkham , a work deserving ...
Accompanied by a Compendium Embracing a New Systematick Order of Parsing ... Samuel Kirkham. Extract : from De Witt Clinton , late Gov. of New - York . I consider the ' Compendium of English Grammar , by Samuel Kirkham , a work deserving ...
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... parsing " adopted , the convenient and judicious intro- duction and adaptation of the exercises introduced , and the deep researches and critical investigations displayed in the " Philosophical Notes , " render this system of grammar so ...
... parsing " adopted , the convenient and judicious intro- duction and adaptation of the exercises introduced , and the deep researches and critical investigations displayed in the " Philosophical Notes , " render this system of grammar so ...
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according to RULE action active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverbs agreeably to RULE antecedent apple belong comma compound conjugation conjunction connected construction correct denotes derived diphthong ellipsis employed English English language examples EXERCISES IN PARSING express FALSE SYNTAX gender give governed horse imperative imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood Kirkham language learner lecture letter loved manner meaning mind moods and tenses neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun objective order of parsing passive verb perceive perf perfect participle personal pronouns PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number poss possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense principles pron relative pronoun second person sense sentence signifies Sing singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable SYSTEMATICK ORDER tence termination thing third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood virtue vowel walk words write
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